How Much Does a Photo Booth Rental Cost in NYC?

The booth itself is usually the largest single driver of price. A full-length mirror booth with an animated touchscreen and studio lighting is a different piece of equipment — and a different install — than a roaming photo booth, where an attendant simply walks the room with a handheld capture system and there's no structure to set up at all. A branded booth built around a custom wrap, start screen and campaign overlays carries more production than a standard rental, and something like a mosaic wall, where every guest photo prints as a sticker that builds into one giant image, is its own category of setup and output entirely.

None of these are "better" or "worse" — they're suited to different rooms and different goals. That's why the fastest way to a realistic number is telling us what the event actually is; we'll recommend a booth to fit it rather than starting from a price and working backward.

How long you book the booth for is the second-biggest lever, and most events don't need it running all night — three to four hours is typical for a wedding reception, and it's usually better spent live during the highest-energy stretch than sitting idle earlier in the evening. If your event runs long and you want the booth to keep going, additional hours beyond what you booked are $125 per hour.

One thing worth knowing up front: our team arrives about an hour before your scheduled start time to set up and test everything. If you need us on site earlier than that — for early venue access or extra setup time — an idle fee of $150 per hour applies. It's not a penalty, it's just the honest cost of an attendant standing by rather than driving to another booking.

We're based in Brooklyn and serve Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, the Bronx, Staten Island, Long Island, Westchester, New Jersey and Connecticut. Travel is quoted from your venue's ZIP code before you book, so it's part of your upfront number rather than a surprise on the invoice — a Williamsburg wedding and a Westchester one simply won't carry the same travel line, and we'll tell you which up front.

Custom print templates built around your names, date or logo are standard on most bookings. Beyond that, things like a flower wall or champagne wall as a backdrop, branded overlays and a microsite for a corporate activation, or an extra roaming attendant to cover seated tables at a large wedding all add to the quote — and all are optional, so you're never paying for something you didn't ask for.

Every rental, regardless of booth or add-ons, includes a trained on-site attendant, unlimited prints for your guests, and our $3 million liability policy with a same-day certificate of insurance if your venue needs one. Those aren't upsells — they're built into every quote we send.

Because pricing is genuinely specific to your date, venue and booth choice, the fastest way to a real number is our quote form — it takes about 30 seconds and comes back with pricing built for your actual event, travel included.